Day: September 10, 2021

Judge in Epic Suit Says Apple Restrictions Anti-Competitive

A U.S. judge on Friday issued a ruling in “Fortnite” creator Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against Apple’s App Store, labelling Apple’s conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions as anticompetitive. From a report: The case may determine whether Apple is allowed to retain control over what apps appear on its iPhones and whether it is allowed to…


HBO Max is streaming Malignant (but not Shang-Chi nor Candyman, sorry) – CNET

HBO Max is streaming Malignant, this weekend’s biggest new movie in theaters — but you won’t have the same luck trying to stream Shang-Chi or Candyman. …read more Source:: CNet


New York moves to ban new gas cars and trucks by 2035 – Roadshow

The Empire State follows California’s lead in pushing for zero-emissions vehicles. …read more Source:: CNet


Creating Video From a ROM

We’re used to computers with display screens, yet how many of us have created the circuitry to drive one directly? Sure, we’ve coded up an SPI display driver on a microcontroller, but create the hardware to generate a usable video signal? That’s a little more difficult. [Jdh] has given it a go though, with a…


Why Amazon Might Become the Largest Quantum Consumer

An anonymous reader shares a report:These are still early days for quantum computing, far too soon to talk about domain-specific quantum systems. But if there are areas hungrier than ever for what quantum is best at — dense optimization problems at scale — the future cannot arrive fast enough. More specifically, the golden grail for…


The new demand for creativity with AI

Technology has a significant role in helping firms unleash creativity to differentiate themselves as future fit organizations. AI is a perfect example. …read more Source:: ZDNet


5 Steps For Securing Your Remote Work Space

With so many people still working from home, cybercriminals are trying to cash in. Cyberattacks have increased 300% and the risk of losing important data or being compromised is much greater at home. Here are five recommendations for securing your home office. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Right to contest automated AI decision under review as part of UK government data protection consultation

Right not to be subjected to solely automated decisions might not be keeping pace with ‘data-driven economy’ says document The UK government has launched a consultation that suggests it could water down individuals’ rights to challenge decisions made about them by artificial intelligence.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


This Week in Security: Ghoscript in Imagemagick, Solarwinds, and DHCP Shenanigans

A PoC was just published for a potentially serious flaw in the Ghostscript interpreter. Ghostscript can load Postscript, PDF, and SVG, and it has a feature from Postscript that has been a continual security issue: the %pipe% command. This command requests the interpreter to spawn a new process — It’s RCE as part of the…


Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub Sue New York City Over Legislation on Commission Caps

Food-delivery companies DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats have sued New York City over a legislation to license food-delivery apps and to permanently cap commissions they can charge restaurants. From a report: The three food-delivery companies filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York late on Thursday. The companies are seeking an injunction that would…